Pulling Haiti's Culture From the Rubble

The devastation inflicted on Haiti's people by the January 12
earthquake is all too apparent. Now the nation's cultural
heritage—its museums and libraries and the vital record they
contain—is at risk, too.

The Chronicle spoke on Wednesday with Patrick D.
Tardieu, chief conservator at the Bibliothèque Haitienne des Pères
du Saint Esprit, in Port-au-Prince, and director of the library at
the University of Quisqueya. The Bibliothèque Haitienne,